How Hollywood markets musicals says a lot about the way movies are sold
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Sundance 2024: Sue Bird on money in WNBA, her showbiz future
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Pauly Shore has Oscar hopes for unauthorized Richard Simmons movie
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How IHeartComix’s super creativity took the event company from the L.A. music scene to Marvel
Things were getting weird again between mission control and the space station S.A.B.E.R. For one thing, both places were crawling with cats, turning a high-concept…
Sundance CEO explains why film festivals need to ‘evolve’
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Devery Jacobs defends Marvel’s Native American heroes
Native American actor Devery Jacobs spoke out this week against a critic who questioned whether two Indigenous characters should exist in the Marvel Cinematic Universe…
Steven Yeun explains why he ditched Marvel’s ‘Thunderbolts’
Steven Yeun broke up with Marvel by email. Amid news of his departure from the upcoming “Thunderbolts” superhero film, Yeun told Variety that he had…
2024 box office: Strike delays lower expectations by $1 billion
Bad news first: Thanks to the wreckage inflicted on Hollywood’s production apparatus during the six months of combined actors’ and writers’ strikes, the film industry…
Marvel actor-stuntwoman critically injured in NYC crash
Actor and stuntperson Carrie Bernans, who has appeared in several Marvel films, including “Black Panther,” and mostly recently worked on “The Color Purple,” was critically…
Five big themes for Hollywood in 2024
The new year in Hollywood always brings certain traditions: resolutions, predictions, last-minute deals squeezed in before quarter-end. Naturally, media reporters reflect on everything that went…
‘Barbie,’ ‘Oppenheimer’ and Taylor Swift reign at 2023 box office
During a theatrical decade best defined by its franchises and interconnected superhero epics, 2023 offered some hope for (semi-)original filmmaking — and was the year…
‘Willie Nelson and Family,’ ‘Dr. Death’ Season 2, more to stream
Welcome to Screen Gab, the newsletter for everyone who needs something to pass the time this holiday weekend. In Screen Gab No. 112, we recommend…
How the streaming business learned to love licensing again
When Disney+, HBO Max (now just Max) and other streaming services were launched, the idea behind their strategies was simple enough. The entertainment companies took…
Dark side of Marvel as Jonathan Majors faces jail – from abusive Iron Man star to actress who stabbed own mum to death
THEY may have been blessed with impressive superpowers on screen but some Marvel stars prove far from heroic in real life. This week it emerged…
Jonathan Majors dropped by Marvel after guilty verdict
Marvel has dropped actor Jonathan Majors after the actor was found guilty of assault and harassment on Monday following the conclusion of his high-profile assault…
Jonathan Majors’s ex-girlfriend recounts night of alleged assault, actor’s ‘violent temper’
The former girlfriend of Marvel star Jonathan Majors has testified that the actor is prone to fits of explosive rage, something she says ultimately led…
What follows Bob Iger’s ‘Mr. Fix It’ era at Disney?
After the year of negative headlines Walt Disney Co. has had, I suppose it’s not exactly a shock that Chief Executive Bob Iger is facing…
Is Showtime’s ‘The Curse’ the ultimate Peak TV show?
In many ways, Nathan Fielder and Benny Safdie’s black comedy “The Curse” feels designed to become a zeitgeist show. It features Fielder, TV’s cringe king,…
We’re still learning how to love going back to movie theaters
One of my most heartening moviegoing experiences this year fell on July 24, the night I attended a press screening of Disney’s “Haunted Mansion” at…
SAG-AFTRA talks start again as the window for a deal closes
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